Check-row planter.



R. I. POREMAN.

CHECK ROW PLANTBR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 20, 1912. y

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:M0 zal men/ml? R. FOREMAN.

' CHECK ROW PLANTER. APPLICATION FILED JAN. zo, 1912.

Patented 0st. 21

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Appucaubn meu January 2b, 1912- seuali un. atie-,eee-

TQ all @elmeg/ tt may concern Y l' Beitknown that I, Rdv I. FQREMAN, aei-tigenefthe United States, and resident of Wateeku, ,in .the county oflueuuee, State of Illinois, have invented anew and useful Improvement inCheek-RQW Planters, of

which the follewiue is .e epeoleetou j My invention is an improvement 1nCheckrepv planters, and has fer iits objeet the provision of simple,easily voperated means for.

away; und Eig. 6 is u top plan view of one ef the ma rkers orindicators,

lnthefpreeentembodiinemt of the invention .theframe. l et the machinele: Support ed bythe usual eovering Wheels 2 secured ou. axlevlelllufuled, tuunevereely et the frame-3Y A shettf 4f ptevsled wthaCrunk anu. ie'ieurnulefliu beatings 6. ut the rear of the fremei undtoneel/eh. end of the Shaft is Seured a Sereper blade 7 'shapesl et freeedge to fit the perphety of the wheel, enoltlle slee/ft may be oeellated. to bring the.

blades. iute or out of engagement with-the wheels, A

A? treedle lever 8 is pivoted tbeifltlme ette-and e link 10 enueots thelever tothe eraukfurm 45, so that when the lever is swungl by the =@feetet 'the opereter the' shfett will be, moved .to operate the Sempere, Aseat 11 is Su-nprtetl luetvt'eeuA eutlebove the. wheels by memset enarch plo/te 12 and u-fetwaudly extemlug brace ly f Ae auxiliary orruuner in froutef' the main fume, the .Seid .frame empi-Singe. froutcross. plete lte'ttheh ie cemiectedaj tengue: ber 116 et the @enteroathlute, uml reu-r' lates .17, one, at euch eide ot t ef '.tougue inalnementend neeted te theV tent plete et their inner ,euole bybraoketeums 18,. The tongue bur-16 is lovueeul te th-'freut Plate bybraces.. l9=

A ruuueret furrow opener 2.8.iseei1ueet ed to each end of the frontplete 1 5 and te l the euter'end of-the adjaeeuereer .plate 17;;

frame iS @famed l and at link 2 9 eonnedts the front end of each runnerto the edjacent' endr of u cross ber 30 i connecting the front and reefbars. A seed l box 31 is arranged ybeve ezteh ruxirnel,v and a Shaft 32ie jurnuled between the front and rear Plates and is puovded at e'aohend with a bevel gear Wheel 33 meshing with a, bevel geur Wheell, Whittoperates the. feeding ou dropping mechanism in the seed boxf Theauxiliary .treme supporting the ners and seed boues is eeuneeted to themein 4 frame by means of e shaft 35 journaled transversely in bearings 36 at the front of frame l, und the shaft, ie provided with for.zwerdlyexteudng arms 3l, one at euch end thereof.-v Eaell. aum'sprovided With, e beer- 4111g 38 engaemg the Shaft;- aml at .its fori'wurd end. euch arm is eonneeted tee. loe' t?.

39 on the .udjaoent rear plete 17u- 'lhe ellel vis operated by ,Ineenset e, .lever-'e0 secured, therete to reisje ou lower the front ends ofthe f arms, and the. teer end of the auxiliary frame The lever ie held..in adjusted luslllell b means, ef ,er leteh el .Sldble ou the levee enpressed into engagement with e teothed' quadrant 42 on the mein fue-meby a, Spring @43 'lhe leteh 1S epeeeted by u lef-teh lever 145 uvoted outhe ,lever eudeonneeted te the;

Iuleted` .to the ediueeut er: meeting ende. of

the? Peel 'plu-tts 17 by mee-neet e :eolie er: l

49 exteufling :feuwurdlytem the lever, `enel ,the ball. 'mue-f ere'lewuwerjdly @threugh epomngs un the'mner emile .et'platee 17 and areheadetlfbelow the plete?, ne elnwvul bruelret ums 1.8 k betere mentened,Theend" of vthe .link ediuoeut to the winke oubal ie Qfffeet laterallyluwurtl., es shown ette@ l :'lh vslutft 32' provided with' @sprocketwheel 55 near one end, and e @bein ,56 een,

i infects. the said wheel teu wheel 57 en ene eeefis eempeeed otho-eentml seetion 58. und end' ise'etmn'e '.581.; Eneb "shaft-ersehen5,8@ is pref lvided with e, redhead ortion @l fet its inner 13g W51 *heeletesll 'lhe Sectional aha-tt,

lend", and the section Syliaeeaixnilar per -at once and remedy anydefect tion 61 at each end. A coil spring 62 connects the section 58 toeach section 58a, the ends of the springs fitting ever the reducedportions.

Each seed box 31 is provided usual cover 63, and the bottom of the box'has the usual feed opening, not shown, and the gear wheel 34 is thedropping disk.

The seed is first dropped from the feed box onto an, inclined plate 82,which is provided with a transverse bearing 83 at approximately thecenter of its under face. The bearing is secured on a shaft 82ajournaled in the runner, and a coil spring 84 connected at one end tothe runner wall and at the other to the lower end 'of the plate, actsnormally to hold the plate in the position of Fig. 5. The outer end ofeach shaft section 58BA extends into the adjacent runner, and a pairlofoppositely extending radial 'arms`9tis secured to the shaft sectionadjacent toe runner. An arm 91 is secured to'eachshaft 82a and isadapted to be engaged by the arm 90 to trip the plate 82. The link 81before mentioned connects valve-8Q to plate 82, so that. when the saidplate 82 is tripped, valve 80 is opened. An opening y92 is -provided inthe rear Wall of the runner adjacent tov plate 82, and a pane or sheet93 of transparent material is arranged in the opening. This arrangementleaves the grain in sight -of the operator, so that he can see or `faultin the dropping mechanism.

The shaft sections 58 are operated to trip the valves at regularpredetermined intervals by means of a. measuring wheel 85 sey 'cured tothe central section 58.' The said Wheel is preferably four inches inwidth and seven feet in circumference and is de-v signed to trip thedropping valves twice during each rotation, so that the hills will bethree feet six inches apart in the row. The periphery of the wheel isprovided with transversely-'arranged marking lugs. 86 at diametricallyopposite points, and is also preferably provided With transverse 'cleats(not shown) to prevent slipping. The shaftv section 58 is supported inbearings 187 on the lower ends of rods 88 mountedto slide in bearinglugs 89 on plates 90,- depending below the inner ends of the plates 17.The

shaft and wheel may thus .yield with respect to the frame, and thesprings 62 permit the said shaft and wheelto yield with respect tosections 58a.

One of the shaft sections 58a is provided with three sprocket wheels57--57a and 57 of different'sizes, of which the wheel 57 is theintermediate, and the chain 56 may be engaged with either of the wheelsto rotate the shaft 58-58l at different speeds with respect to shaft 32to provide for diEeren'ce in drilling or plantin 'with the In operation,the seed boxes being supplied with seed, the machine is drawn throughthe field with the measuring wheel running on the ground. The seedplates, that is, the gear wheels 34, drop seed onto the seed valves 82until a specified number of seed is held on each valve. At this time arm90 on shaft 58tstrikes arm 91 on`shaft 82a and the valve is tilted todrop the seed into the furro-W opened by the adjacent runner.` Valve 80is opened by`valve 82, and at the same time, the seed may drop entirely-clearof the runner. The covering wheels 2 cover the seed in the furrow,andv the lugs 86 mark-the position of the hills.

A marker for indicating the next'row is provided at each side'of theplanter. Each marker consists of a wheel 100 of the same size as themeasuring .Wheel and is provided With marking lugs'lOl spaced in thesame manner as the lugs 86 of the measuring wheel. A concave disk' 102is arranged adjacent yto each wheel 100 and both disk and Wheel areSecured toa stub shaft .103. Each stub shaft 103 is connected to a con#,necting shaft 104, by means of a universaljoint 104. The'l adjacentends `of the shafts 103+-10na/re/journaled inI bearings 105 and 106respectively, on a bracketarm 107. The inner end of each shaft 104 isconnected to the outer end of the adjacent shaft section 58a by meansVof a. universal joint 108.-

oth shafts 104 are connected together and to the brace 13 beforementioned, by means of a chain, wire, or other flexible member 109. Theends of the member are connected to collars 110 on the shafts 104:, andthe central portion of `the member is connected to an eye'112 on vthesaid brace 13. The member near each end passes through an eye 111 on theadjacent seed bex. By means of 'the member 109 either indicator may belifted into inoperative position. But one indicator is used at a timeand the, indicator not in use is arrangedv in approximately verticalposition, leaning against the adjacent seed box'. A 'wire 113 isconnected with each bracket 107 by means of an eye 114: on the bracket,and the other end of each Wire extends forwardly and inwardly to aconnection with the front 'part of the machine.

The indicators are normally out-,of gear with the shaft sections 58 andare connectedl thereto by means of the clutch shown in Fig; 3. f Thesaid clutch comprises a section 115 journaled loosely on the end of theshaft section 58 and adapted to be engaged by the other section 116 ofthe clutch .which is secured to the shaft section but is slidablethereon into and outl of engagement with thesection 115. lt will beunderstood. that when either indicator. is in operative po-v sition itis disconnected vfrom the shaft section 58B. The chain 109 is of suchlength thatwhen the indicator is in operative posi-v antenas y tion thechain is exactly taut. The movable c'lutch section is operated by theusual mechanisin'.

I claim: y n l; In a planter, a main frame, an axle journaledtransversely thereof, wheels on the an auxiliary frame at the front ofthe axle 7 at each end thereof,

main frame, a seed box a runner supported by the auxiliary frame' beloweach seed box, cach runner being in front of the adjacent wheel, meanson the lnain frame engaging the auxiliary Vframe for raising andlowering the auxiliary frame, dropping plates rotatable between eachseed box and the runner, anormally closed dropping valve in each runner,a shaft journaled in the auxiliary frame between the seed boxes, adriving connection between 4 each dropping' plate and the adjacent endof the shaft, a sectional shaft journaled between the runners andcomprising a central and end sections, each end section having its outerend journaled in the adjacent runner, an arm on ,each valve for openingthe saine, a tripping, arm on each of the end sections of the shaft forengaging said arm to trip the'l valve, a yielding connection between thecentral section and each end section, a driving connection vbetween thesectional shaft and the dropping plate operating shaft, means forsupporting the central section for yielding movement toward and from theauxiliary frame, and means for rotating the central section. Y

2. ln a planter, a main frame, an axle journaled transversely thereof,wheels on the axle, an auxiliary frame at the front of the main frame, aseed box at each end thereof, a runner supported by the auxiliary framebelow each seed box, each runner being in front of the adjacent wheel,means on the main frame engaging the auxiliary frame for raising andlowering the auxiliary frame, dropping plates rotat( le betweeneacliseed box and the runner, a normally closed drop-` ping valve in eachrunner, a shaft journaled in the auxiliary frame between the seed boxes,a driving connection between each dropping plate and the adjacent end ofthe shaft,.a sectional shaft Vjournaled between the runners andcomprising a central and end sections, each end section having its outerend journaled in the adjacent runner, an arm on each valve for' openingthe same, a tripping arm on each of the vend sections of the shaft forengaging said arm to trip the valve a yielding connection between thecentral` section and each end section, a driving connection between thesectional shaft and the dropping plate operating shaft, and

axle, an auxiliaryy frame attlie front of the main frame, a seedbox ateach end thereof,

a runner supported by the auxiliary frame below each seed box, eachrunner being in front of the adjacent wheel, means on the main frameengaging the auxiliary frame for raising and lowering the auxiliaryframe, dropping plates rotatable between each seed box and the runner, anormally closed dropping valve in each runner, a shaft journaled in theau xiliaryffraine between the seed boxes,

a driving connection between each dropping plate and the adjacent endofthe shaft, a j

sectional shaft journalcd between the runners and comprising a cent-raland end sections, each end section having its outer end journaled in theadjacent runner, a conne`ction between each end section and the adjacent valve for tripping the valve at spaced intervals, means on thecentral section for rotating the saine, a yielding connection betweenthe central section and each end section, and a yielding connectionbetween the cent-ral section and the auxiliary frame.

Il. ln a planter, a main frame, an axle journaled transversely thereof,wheels on the axle, an auxiliary frame at the front of the main freine,a seed box at each end thereof, a runner supported by the auxiliaryframe below each seed box, each runner being in front of the adjacentwheel, means on the niain frame engaging the auxiliary frame for raisingand lowering the auxiliary frame, dropping vplates rotatable betweeneach seed box and the runner, a normally closed dropping valve in eachrunner, a shaft journaled in the auxiliary frame between the seed boxes,dropping plate and the adjacent end of the a driving connection betweeneachv shaft, a sectional shaft ournaled between the runners andcomprising a central and end sections, each end section having its outerend journaled in the adjacent runner, a connectionbetween each endsection and the adjacent valve for tripping the valve at spacedintervals, means on the central section for rotating the saine, and ayielding connection between the central section and each end section.

5. ln a planter, a main frame, an axle journaled transversely thereof,wheels on the axle, an auxiliary frame at the front of the :main frame,a seed box at each end thereof, a runner supported by the auxiliaryframe below each seed box, each runner being in front of the adjacentwheel, means on the main frame engaging the auxiliary comprising acentral and end sections, each end section having its outer end adjacentto a seed boina dexible connection between lthe central section and eachend section, a. yielding connection vbetween the central sec. vtionandthe auxiliary frame, a cannection between each @nel aectfm im@Willing liar mechanism for operating the same, and a lto each seed box,a yielding connection be- Y, tween each end section and the centralsection, an operatin connection between each end section and t edropping mechanism, a

yielding connection between the central section and the auxiliaryvframe,a measuring wheel on the central section, and a covering wheel on themain frame behind each runner.

7. In a planter, a main frame, a dropping mechanism at eachy side of theframe, a measuring wheel provided with spaced lugs on its periphery forindicating the location of' the dropped seed in the row, said wheelbeing journaled .on the frame for operatingA the dropping mechanisms, anindicator wheel at each side of the frame, each of the said wheelscorresponding in size to 4the measuring wheels, lugs on each oftheindicator wheels in alinement with the lugs of the measuring wheel, anda driving connec- 8. In a planter, a main frame, adropping i mechanismateach side` of the frame, a tripping device Afor each of the saidmechanisms, a measuring wheel rovided with spaced lugs on-its peripheryor indicating the loca-4 tion` 01E-the dropped seed in the row, saidwheel being journaled on the frame 'for operating the trippingmechanisms, an indi- Acatorgwheel atv each side of the frame, each ofthe said. wheels 'corresponding in-size to the' measuring wheel lugs onleach of the `indicator wheels in al inement with the lugs of `themeasuring ywheel, and a drivin connection Abetween the measuring wheeand each of the indicator. wheels, said mecha'- -nism being connected tothe indicator Wheels `'tcffpermit the said wheels to'- be swung into andVout of operative osition.

. R Y I. FOREMAN.

Witnesses: f

GEO. GERDES, J. O. Banni'.

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